Thursday, December 19, 2013

Gifty Lap Quilts

A few months ago I decided to make lap quilts for three lovely children of my acquaintance for Christmas. I've figured out why making things without patterns is a bad idea! I don't particularly love any of them, but I am happy to say they are done ;) I also get to say that all three of these were made at least partially with fabric I won, which made it less risky if they didn't turn out.

The first was made mostly with a pretty Kona Cotton Bundle from Canton Village Quilt Works that I was lucky enough to win from Alyssa at Pile O' Fabric.

It really ended up looking like I think it's the 70's still. No idea what a 12 year old is going to think of that, but I won't worry about it, there are two dogs that can use any of these if the kids don't like them! Her favorite color is pink but I still think I went overboard. It's not quite as bright as the picture implies, but it's sure...pink.

The second was made with a combination of Kona solids and some Robotic fom Birch Organics given away by Fabricworm through Sewcanshe. I went with the sexist slant of boys like robots (and his Dad said he'd like the robot and sciencey prints, which makes it slightly less sexist? I know his daughters are just as interested in science as anybody). It's my favorite of the three, maybe because it's the least busy.

The last one had a good amount of Monaluna's Fox Hollow organics that I won from Moona Fabrics through a giveaway from Maureen Cracknell last year,. This was a hard one, I decided to make it around the Fairy Tale Castle pattern I tested for Blossom Heart Quilts. I made side A too busy, had to cut it apart and simplify it. Side B was mostly a gathering of 12.5" blocks. When I got "done" I realized it was way too small and had to add on, and now the 7 year old has the largest quilt.

When I started the quilt her favorite color was purple, but as of last night it was pink, sigh! She has surprising taste in fabric, picked out the prints for this ball I made and didn't choose the prints I thought a young girl would. I'm still banking on her standards being lax if there are animals involved though, and hope she will just start singing about foxes and what they say.

I'd just done straight stitching on the first two quilts, after it taking less than an hour to stipple this one, I'm wishing I'd done that for all of them, it was actually easier than all the repositioning.

OK, long post, big pictures, wish I'd gotten outdoor photos, and glad they are done so I can get back to the other holiday sewing projects I have!

1 comment:

They are all good looking quilts. If you have the time you could make another one of the castle ones, maybe add a dragon and send it down this way. Love the colors in it and the flower print is amazing. You really seem to have very good luck when it comes to winning giveaways.

I'm dabbling in many areas of making things right now, currently exploring what you can do with a needle or sewing machine, how to turn milk into cheese, & working up to having a drink making repertoire of three perfect drinks.

I'm a long suffering resident of the soggy, squishy Pacific Northwest.